Brandon Johnson

While we wait for the Pittsburgh Steelers to kick-off their preseason opener against the Detroit Lions at Heinz Field, I’ll take this time to pass along a transaction that was made by the team on Friday. According to the daily NFL transaction report, the Steelers have waived running back Brandon…

The Pittsburgh Steelers preseason injured reserve list already includes quite a few names as the team enters the second half of their 2016 training camp. However, that list of players decreased by one on Monday as according to the daily league transaction report, center Quinton Schooley has been waived from the…

The Pittsburgh Steelers will hold training camp practice No. 7 Friday night at Latrobe Memorial High School and already the team has more than half that number of players on their Reserve/Injured list. After being waived inured on Wednesday, wide receiver Shakim Phillips (hernia) and tight end Mandel Dixon (head)…

As we prepare for the Pittsburgh Steelers to resume training camp practices on Wednesday, here is some transaction housekeeping for those of you who are scoring at home. As expected, running back Brandon Johnson and center Quinton Schooley both cleared waivers on Tuesday and have now reverted to the Steelers…

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a few transactions prior to Monday’s training camp practice. Waived injured were running back Brandon Johnson and center Quinton Schooley. Signed to take their places on the 90-man roster were running back Christian Powell and center Valerian Ume-Ezeoke. We have signed undrafted rookie free agent running…

We won’t know for sure whether or not Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell will miss the first four games of the 2016 regular season for reportedly violating the league’s substance abuse policy as his appeal won’t be heard for a few more weeks. Regardless of whether or not his…

In less than two weeks, we’ll be at training camp, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90 man roster roll through 14 practices and four games. There will be so much to learn, tons of things going on, so I want to lay out some of my expectations and hopes for each…

The plan was to have two but the news of Shaun Suisham’s setback leaves Chris Boswell as the only kicker on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster. And their recent history suggests he’ll remain as the only one. First, the obvious. In a move corresponding with Suisham’s release, the team opted against…

Season 6, Episode 120 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Friday show, Alex Kozora sits in for David Todd once again and we kick things off by talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers releasing veteran kicker Shaun Suisham due to a recent setback with his knee rehab. We talk about the salary cap…

Because we’re nothing if not thorough around here, let’s go through a quick bio of the 19 players brought in as tryouts for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie minicamp, which kicks off today and lasts through the weekend. Though these players are all long shots, fighting to get onto the roster,…

Since the bulk of undrafted free agents were announced at the conclusion of yesterday’s draft, two more players have been invited to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie minicamp this week. They will participate on a tryout basis. They are Toledo corner Cheatham Norrils and Penn State running back Brandon Johnson. Norrils…

The Super Bowl is now over and the 2014 free agency signing period is just a little more than a month away. Today, we will take a look back at how the players faired in 2013 that were either cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers last offseason, or were free agents…

By Matthew Marczi Prior to the first preseason game for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was my intention to write about Vince Williams as potentially the ninth linebacker on the team’s 53-man roster, which would fly in the face of convention, given their history of keeping a fifth outside linebacker, rather…

By Matthew Marczi Last year during the preseason games, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin described then-rookie undrafted free agent outside linebacker Adrian Robinson as a “one-trick pony”. Of course, it is usually a good sign when Tomlin even mentions a rookie, and a criticism such as that often means…

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin tried to hire new special teams coach Danny Smith away from the Washington Redskins three years ago, but the Redskins wouldn\’t allow that to that happen. Now that Smith is back home in Pittsburgh, he fully understands that his stay could be short if…